Dianthus carthusianorum L.
Caryophyllaceae
Dry chalk grassland on the slope above the Loire, with meadow clary and upright brome. Flowers carmine; plants in loose tufts of two to five stems.
- Accession
- HRB-0427
- Collected
- 4 June 2026, A. Morin 212
- Locality
- Blois, Coteau de Vienne, 110 m
- Determined
- N. Vasseur, 11 June 2026
- Plate
- 1
Every sheet carries its label
The field names are printed and the values are typed at mounting, the way a herbarium label has always been made. What the catalogue knows, the sheet says.
Issued the day a plant comes in from the field, and never reused, even if the sheet is lost.
Who named it, and when. A new name is added below the old one; nothing is written over.
As the collector wrote it in the field book, then a height and a grid reference.
Set only when the sheet has been painted for the season's print.
In the press
Blotters changed daily at nine| Accession | Specimen | Collected | Days in the press | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HRB-0431 | Salvia nemorosawoodland sage, Chaumont | 29 May | 9 of 9 | ready to mount |
| HRB-0433 | Silene vulgarisbladder campion, Cellettes | 1 June | 7 of 9 | in the press |
| HRB-0434 | Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, Coteau de Vienne | 2 June | 6 of 9 | in the press |
| HRB-0436 | Orchis purpurealady orchid, Bois de Sudais | 3 June | 5 of 12 | in the press |
| HRB-0437 | Helianthemum nummulariumcommon rock-rose, Villebarou | 5 June | 3 of 9 | in the press |
| HRB-0438 | Linum tenuifoliumslender flax, Vineuil | 7 June | 1 of 9 | in the press |
The orchid stays twelve days: its tubers hold water, so it sits under two extra blotters and the board is weighted with the old Flora.
The cabinet
Filed by family, then genus, then place- Apiaceae188
- Asteraceae506
- Boraginaceae97
- Brassicaceae214
- Campanulaceae61
- Caryophyllaceae213
- Cistaceae23
- Crassulaceae44
- Cyperaceae158
- Dipsacaceae39
- Ericaceae31
- Euphorbiaceae52
- Fabaceae431
- Gentianaceae27
- Geraniaceae48
- Iridaceae19
- Lamiaceae344
- Liliaceae41
- Linaceae12
- Malvaceae29
- Orchidaceae176
- Orobanchaceae34
- Papaveraceae26
- Plantaginaceae88
- Poaceae395
- Polygonaceae71
- Primulaceae33
- Ranunculaceae162
- Rosaceae298
- Rubiaceae64
- Scrophulariaceae57
- Violaceae42
Twenty-nine smaller families share the last drawer. The pink goes into Caryophyllaceae today, the family's two hundred and thirteenth sheet.
The season's plate, painted from the sheet
Each season one sheet goes to the painter. Plate 1 is this week's pink at life size, in watercolour and ink, with the colour the pressed flowers had on the day they came out of the press.
- Paper
- Hot-pressed cotton, 300 g
- Size
- 30 × 40 cm, unframed
- Edition
- 60 prints, numbered on the back
- Price
- €48, or €120 framed in oak
Out on loan
- Silene nutansdue 12 NovThree sheets to the Muséum d'Orléans, for a revision of the nodding catchflies.
- Pulsatilla vulgarisdue 30 OctOne sheet to the Université de Tours, photographed and returned by post.
- Ophrys apiferadue 4 DecTwo sheets to Kew, with a leaf fragment for DNA, cut here and sealed in its packet.